- 2849
A SMALL ‘LINGBI’ ROCK BRUSHREST SIGNED SHI GU, QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 HKD
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Description
horizontally oriented, the brushrest with a contorted form resembling a mountain with variegated peaks, the surface with clusters of irregular knots of varying sizes, the reverse incised with a two-character inscription reading Shi Gu, the stone patinated to a smooth dark grey colour, wood stand
Provenance
Art of Chen, Taipei.
Catalogue Note
Wang Hui (1632 -1717), zi Shi Gu, a native of Changsu, Jiangsu province, belonged to the ‘Orthodox School’ of painting and was renowned for his large scale landscape paintings. Wang Hui was established was one of the ‘four masters of the early Qing’, also known as the ‘Four Wangs’, which also included Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Hui and Wang Yuanqi.
The Northern Song connoisseur Du Wan writes in his Yunlin Rock Manual, "Lingbi rocks grow in the earth to larger and smaller sizes according to their natures. Some are like objects, while others are like mountain ranges, vertiginous and amorphous, with wonderful and unexpected turnings. Some have many connected holes; some have a simple, understated quality; some are like floating clouds, the sun and the moon, or even Buddhist figures; while some are like the sceneries of the four seasons."
The Northern Song connoisseur Du Wan writes in his Yunlin Rock Manual, "Lingbi rocks grow in the earth to larger and smaller sizes according to their natures. Some are like objects, while others are like mountain ranges, vertiginous and amorphous, with wonderful and unexpected turnings. Some have many connected holes; some have a simple, understated quality; some are like floating clouds, the sun and the moon, or even Buddhist figures; while some are like the sceneries of the four seasons."